(5 Jun 2025) The National Library of Malaysia’s (NLM) u-Library service enables users to borrow books from 12 consortium libraries across Malaysia.
The initiative is significant as it provides Malaysians access to reading materials, allowing visitors to access search collection catalogs from 155 libraries.
The system was developed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in 2009 and completed in 2012.
NLM said the system would be integrating artificial intelligence (AI), in its effort to redevelop the u-Library 2.0 system.
These future developments consist of an AI chatbot for direct assistance, an integrated search feature, combining both searches for physical and digital book materials simultaneously, and a single sign-on feature to assist users in signing in and accessing materials with convenience, it added.
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